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Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with thematically matched Old and New Testament readings.
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Psalm 63

Psalm 63[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

1 You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.(B)

2 I have seen you in the sanctuary(C)
    and beheld your power and your glory.(D)
3 Because your love is better than life,(E)
    my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,(F)
    and in your name I will lift up my hands.(G)
5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;(H)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

6 On my bed I remember you;
    I think of you through the watches of the night.(I)
7 Because you are my help,(J)
    I sing in the shadow of your wings.(K)
8 I cling to you;(L)
    your right hand upholds me.(M)

9 Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;(N)
    they will go down to the depths of the earth.(O)
10 They will be given over to the sword(P)
    and become food for jackals.(Q)

11 But the king will rejoice in God;
    all who swear by God will glory in him,(R)
    while the mouths of liars will be silenced.(S)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.

Cross references

  1. Psalm 63:1 : Ps 42:2; 84:2
  2. Psalm 63:1 : Ps 143:6
  3. Psalm 63:2 : S Ps 15:1; 27:4; 68:24
  4. Psalm 63:2 : S Ex 16:7
  5. Psalm 63:3 : Ps 36:7; 69:16; 106:45; 109:21
  6. Psalm 63:4 : Ps 104:33; 146:2; Isa 38:20
  7. Psalm 63:4 : S Ps 28:2; 1Ti 2:8
  8. Psalm 63:5 : S Ps 36:8; Mt 5:6
  9. Psalm 63:6 : Dt 6:4-9; Ps 16:7; 119:148; Mt 14:25
  10. Psalm 63:7 : Ps 27:9; 118:7
  11. Psalm 63:7 : S Ru 2:12
  12. Psalm 63:8 : S Nu 32:12; Hos 6:3
  13. Psalm 63:8 : S Ps 41:12
  14. Psalm 63:9 : Ps 40:14
  15. Psalm 63:9 : Ps 55:15; 71:20; 95:4; 139:15
  16. Psalm 63:10 : Jer 18:21; Eze 35:5; Am 1:11
  17. Psalm 63:10 : La 5:18
  18. Psalm 63:11 : Ps 21:1; Isa 19:18; 45:23; 65:16
  19. Psalm 63:11 : S Job 5:16; Ro 3:19
Joel 1:1-14

1 The word of the Lord that came(A) to Joel(B) son of Pethuel.

An Invasion of Locusts

2 Hear this,(C) you elders;(D)
    listen, all who live in the land.(E)
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
    or in the days of your ancestors?(F)
3 Tell it to your children,(G)
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.(H)
4 What the locust(I) swarm has left
    the great locusts have eaten;
what the great locusts have left
    the young locusts have eaten;
what the young locusts have left(J)
    other locusts[a] have eaten.(K)

5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
    Wail, all you drinkers of wine;(L)
wail because of the new wine,
    for it has been snatched(M) from your lips.
6 A nation has invaded my land,
    a mighty army without number;(N)
it has the teeth(O) of a lion,
    the fangs of a lioness.
7 It has laid waste(P) my vines
    and ruined my fig trees.(Q)
It has stripped off their bark
    and thrown it away,
    leaving their branches white.

8 Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth(R)
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
9 Grain offerings and drink offerings(S)
    are cut off from the house of the Lord.
The priests are in mourning,(T)
    those who minister before the Lord.
10 The fields are ruined,
    the ground is dried up;(U)
the grain is destroyed,
    the new wine(V) is dried up,
    the olive oil fails.(W)

11 Despair, you farmers,(X)
    wail, you vine growers;
grieve for the wheat and the barley,(Y)
    because the harvest of the field is destroyed.(Z)
12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;(AA)
the pomegranate,(AB) the palm and the apple[b] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.(AC)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.

A Call to Lamentation

13 Put on sackcloth,(AD) you priests, and mourn;
    wail, you who minister(AE) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(AF)
    are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Declare a holy fast;(AG)
    call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
    and all who live in the land(AH)
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out(AI) to the Lord.(AJ)

Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:4 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.
  2. Joel 1:12 Or possibly apricot

Cross references

  1. Joel 1:1 : S Jer 1:2
  2. Joel 1:1 : Ac 2:16
  3. Joel 1:2 : Hos 5:1
  4. Joel 1:2 : Joel 2:16
  5. Joel 1:2 : S Hos 4:1
  6. Joel 1:2 : Joel 2:2
  7. Joel 1:3 : S Ex 10:2
  8. Joel 1:3 : S Ps 71:18
  9. Joel 1:4 : S Ex 10:14
  10. Joel 1:4 : S Ex 10:5
  11. Joel 1:4 : S Ex 10:15; S Dt 28:39; Am 7:1; Na 3:15
  12. Joel 1:5 : Joel 3:3
  13. Joel 1:5 : S Isa 24:7
  14. Joel 1:6 : Ps 105:34; Joel 2:2, 11, 25
  15. Joel 1:6 : Rev 9:8
  16. Joel 1:7 : Isa 5:6
  17. Joel 1:7 : Am 4:9
  18. Joel 1:8 : ver 13; Isa 22:12; Am 8:10
  19. Joel 1:9 : S Hos 9:4
  20. Joel 1:9 : S Isa 22:12
  21. Joel 1:10 : S Isa 5:6; S 24:4; S Jer 3:3
  22. Joel 1:10 : S Hos 9:2
  23. Joel 1:10 : S Nu 18:12
  24. Joel 1:11 : S Job 6:20; Am 5:16
  25. Joel 1:11 : S Ex 9:31
  26. Joel 1:11 : S Isa 17:11
  27. Joel 1:12 : S Isa 15:6
  28. Joel 1:12 : S Ex 28:33
  29. Joel 1:12 : S Isa 16:8; Hag 2:19
  30. Joel 1:13 : S Ge 37:34; S Jer 4:8
  31. Joel 1:13 : Joel 2:17
  32. Joel 1:13 : ver 9; S Hos 9:4; Joel 2:14
  33. Joel 1:14 : S 2Ch 20:3
  34. Joel 1:14 : S Hos 4:1
  35. Joel 1:14 : Jnh 3:8
  36. Joel 1:14 : 2Ch 20:4
1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Timothy’s Encouraging Report

6 But Timothy(A) has just now come to us from you(B) and has brought good news about your faith and love.(C) He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.(D) 7 Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. 8 For now we really live, since you are standing firm(E) in the Lord. 9 How can we thank God enough for you(F) in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you?(G) 10 Night and day we pray(H) most earnestly that we may see you again(I) and supply what is lacking in your faith.

11 Now may our God and Father(J) himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. 12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other(K) and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. 13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless(L) and holy in the presence of our God and Father(M) when our Lord Jesus comes(N) with all his holy ones.(O)

Cross references

  1. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 : S Ac 16:1
  2. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 : Ac 18:5
  3. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 : 1Th 1:3
  4. 1 Thessalonians 3:6 : 1Th 2:17, 18
  5. 1 Thessalonians 3:8 : S 1Co 16:13
  6. 1 Thessalonians 3:9 : 1Th 1:2
  7. 1 Thessalonians 3:9 : 1Th 2:19, 20
  8. 1 Thessalonians 3:10 : 2Ti 1:3
  9. 1 Thessalonians 3:10 : 1Th 2:17
  10. 1 Thessalonians 3:11 : ver 13; S Php 4:20
  11. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 : Php 1:9; 1Th 4:9, 10; 2Th 1:3
  12. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 : Ps 15:2; 1Co 1:8; Php 2:15; 1Th 5:23; 1Ti 6:14; 2Pe 3:14
  13. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 : ver 11; S Php 4:20
  14. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 : S 1Th 2:19
  15. 1 Thessalonians 3:13 : Mt 25:31; 2Th 1:7
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